$75 Porn By Alan Moore... Is It Worth It?

[thehefner]

Well, I was *hoping* that my boss at the comic store in Bethesda would have an open copy of Alan Moore's LOST GIRLS, so I could read it for myself. But no, he doesn't. Which means I may have to actually buy it without having read it.

For those who don't know, LOST GIRLS is Alan Moore's epic porno featuring Dorothy from WIZARD OF OZ, Alice from ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and Wendy from PETER PAN. It re-imagines their stories as ones of sexual awakening (for example, I believe there's a scene where Peter has sex with Wendy while Michael and John suck each other off). Within these three hardcover books is apparently everything from orgies, incest, pedophilia, fisting, golden showers, you name it. Does the Tin Woodsman sport a Dirty Sanchez? Only one way to find out!

And the thing about this book? Apparently it's absolutely brilliant. Maybe one of Moore's masterpieces. We're talking about the guy who wrote WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, SWAMP THING, TOP TEN, FROM HELL, THE KILLING JOKE, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE MAN OF TOMORROW?, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, and more. He's the greatest comic writer of all time not named Will Eisner.

It's also 75 bucks. Do I really have it in me to plunk down 75 bucks sight-unseen for three huge hardcover books of comic book erotica?

Maybe if Captain Hook and Smee do the Donkey Punch.

Comments

[thirdbase.livejournal.com]

Tiger Lily, Wendy, Tinkerbell and Mrs. Darling (and Nana, if you're counting all females) are the only chicks in Peter Pan....

And the Michael & John thing is just sick.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Tiger Lily, Wendy, Tinkerbell and Mrs. Darling (and Nana, if you're counting all females) are the only chicks in Peter Pan....

Throw the Lost Boys in this as well, and I honestly don't know what Moore *doesn't* have them do here.

And yes, it sure sounds sick... and yet, this is Alan Moore, so in the context of the story, it might actually work. I'm not saying it's right, but this is Alan bloody Moore.

[skalja.livejournal.com]

Old school Snoopy icon! You're awesome.

[chickenhat.livejournal.com]

At what price porn?

Disregard the porn aspect for about 12 seconds and ask yourself this.

Would you buy an Alan Moore hardcover 3-volume complete series for that price? Hellblazer? Watchmen?

Knowing what you know now about Watchmen, would you have bought it then?

Okay, now you can add the porn factor back in. (Actually, what matters in this case is who the artist is as well.)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Yes, absolutely. I think I absolutely would. Especially when the reviews have been what they are (I try not to pay attention to reviews too much, but at 75 bucks I kinda would like a guideline).

The artist is his ladyfriend Melinda Gebbie, whose pencil-and-ink art I didn't like, but whose art in this book, from what I've seen, is rather lovely. The neat thing about Moore is that he actually tailors his scripts to the artist he's working with, emphasizing their particular strengths for the story.

And he's been working on this with his ladyfriend over the past ten years, no less. I believe this might well be one of his most personal works.

[chickenhat.livejournal.com]

And before you do, consider the Amazon-dot-com price.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891830740

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Oh man. I *always* forget that when it comes to comic hardcovers, amazon gives me a better discount than my own employee discount here at the comic store. Yes, always good to keep in mind.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Well, if you are feeling less than scrupulous I'm sure there's a copy out there online waiting for you to don your eyepatch and download. Then you can read some of it and decide whether you want to buy the rest or not.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I'm not to adept at that, partly because I STILL can't figure out how to work bitorrent. (bittorrent?)

I'm hoping it pops up on scans_daily before too long. I mean, it *has* to...

[kali921.livejournal.com]

WANT.

WANT WANT WANT WANT.

Except for the pedo part. There's nothing that can make that palatable.